The mission of the Bay Area Health Task Force (BAHTF) was to
address the issues and problems of the growing number of people who
were uninsured for health care. With the support of the Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation, BAHTF established the Health Insurance Helpline,
which provided health insurance information and referrals for small
businesses. This data collection was produced in order to evaluate this
Helpline. The data collection consists of four sets of data, one from
each year that the Helpl... (more info)

The mission of the Bay Area Health Task Force (BAHTF) was to
address the issues and problems of the growing number of people who
were uninsured for health care. With the support of the Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation, BAHTF established the Health Insurance Helpline,
which provided health insurance information and referrals for small
businesses. This data collection was produced in order to evaluate this
Helpline. The data collection consists of four sets of data, one from
each year that the Helpline service was offered (1989 through 1992).
The unit of analysis is calls received by the Helpline, which were
categorized by the type of caller (business, individual, other) and
type of service received (broker referral, guidebook only, other).
Callers were generally categorized as insured businesses, uninsured
businesses, insured individuals, or uninsured individuals. (The
category "other" was left for callers who could not be clearly
classified as business or individual callers.) A follow-up was
conducted for over a quarter of the callers to obtain feedback about
the program. Callers provided information concerning their reason for
calling, the number of employees they had working full-time, the nature
of their business firm, whether the business firm offered health
insurance, and which plan they offered.

As explained in the ICPSR Processing Note in the codebook, variables CITY and COUNTY are restricted from general dissemination for reasons of confidentiality. Users interested in obtaining these data must complete an Agreement for the Use of Confidential Data, specify the reasons for the request, and obtain IRB approval or notice of exemption for their research. Apply for access to these data through the ICPSR restricted data contract portal, which can be accessed via the study home page.